Jalen Adaway was not among those to get the call when the original boys IndyStar Indiana All-Star roster was announced. But when the call did come, the Logansport senior did not need long to accept.

“It was a pretty easy decision,” Adaway said. “Growing up, you always want to be an All-Star. My family thinks highly of being an All-Star. I had high hopes to be able to represent Logansport and represent Indiana. It was great to get that call.”

Adaway, wearing No. 10, will be among those who suit up Saturday for the Indiana All-Stars game against the Kentucky All-Stars at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The girls game begins at 5 p.m. with the boys to follow. His inclusion in the game came after Fort Wayne North Side’s Jaylen Butz and Fort Wayne Snider’s Malik Williams decided not to participate, citing conflicts with graduation.

The 6-4 Adaway said he was disappointed initially not to be part of the team. He finished his career with 1,446 points and 655 rebounds and averaged 15.7 points and 8.0 rebounds as a senior to lead the Berries to a 23-2 record. When Butz and Williams opted not to play and with Hamilton Southeastern’s Zach Gunn out with an injury, Indiana All-Star game director Charlie Hall turned to Adaway.

“An Indiana All-Star is what I always wanted to be so being able to play against Kentucky is huge,” Adaway said. “He called me and told me he wanted me to play. It took me a quick second to answer yes. It’s a big thing.”

Adaway became the first recruit at Miami (Ohio) for former Purdue assistant Jack Owens. In-state products Darrian Ringo (Brownsburg), Isaiah Coleman-Lands (LaLumiere) and Nike Sibande (Crispus Attucks) have since joined him as Miami commits.

“I’ve known (Owens) since the eighth grade,” said Adaway, who likely would have gone to prep school if not Miami. “He was recruiting me at Purdue. Once he got the job at Miami, I knew I’d be a great fit there.”

Adaway had a big night in the All-Stars’ 134-92 win over the Juniors on Thursday, going for 20 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

“He’s strong, athletic and powerful,” All-Stars coach Marty Beasley said of Adaway. “He has a very good upside. If he continues to develop his outside game he can go inside-outside. He’s playing a little bit out of position for us because we’re not very big. But he’s done a really good job of running the floor and getting some offensive rebounds for us. He makes a lot of effort plays.”

>> Coaching the All-Stars: Beasley shares a connection with former Butler coach Chris Holtmann, who accepted the job at Ohio State on Friday. Beasley was in the class of 1993 at Taylor University and Holtmann was a year behind him.

Beasley had texted with Holtmann earlier in the week about meeting up for dinner. Holtmann quickly responded. But after Beasley asked him about the Ohio State rumors on Thursday night, he did not hear back.

“I’m still waiting for a response,” Beasley said with a laugh.

Beasley said it has been a fun week to coach the All-Stars. He was familiar with North Central’s Kris Wilkes, Warsaw’s Kyle Mangas and East Chicago Central’s Jermaine Couisnard from his team’s playing against them, but was not as familiar with others.

“It’s almost like taking on a new job all over again,” Beasley said. “You don’t know anybody there and have to learn all of the personalities. You have to learn their strengths. You have all the visions of what you can do and then get into practice and it doesn’t work quite the way you thought. So you tweak it a little bit and go from there.”

Of those he did not know well, Beasley said he has been impressed with the athleticism of Connersville’s Grant Smith and the story of Warren Central’s Mack Smith, who played two games on the junior varsity team as a junior.

“That’s an incredible story,” Beasley said. “He’s a great kid. A very humble kid and works hard. He has a great future of basketball at Eastern Illinois.”